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1109561

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date	03/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Brunei
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy regarding the deportation of LGBT asylum seekers to Brunei.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL15030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>We have not formed a general position on asylum seekers from Brunei because we had, as at the end of 2018, received no claims since at least 2001.</p><p><br>However, all asylum and human rights claims are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations.</p><p><br>Each individual assessment is made against the background of the latest available country of origin information and any relevant caselaw. Asylum decision makers also have access to an information request service for specific enquiries to deal with particular issues raised in individual claims.</p><p><br>Guidance on how we consider claims based on sexual orientation more generally is available on the Gov.UK website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/04/2019 12:43:41 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

1109584

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what information an asylum seeker needs to provide in order to make an application for asylum.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL15053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>In order for a claim for asylum to be registered, the claimant will need to express a fear of serious harm or persecution that means they cannot return to their own country.</p><p><br>They will be asked to provide, if available, documentation regarding their identity, age, nationality, countries and place(s) of previous residence, previous asylum applications, travel routes and travel documents for both themselves and their dependants. Additional information and documentation that are relevant to the circumstances of the individual may be requested to assist in the decision making process.</p><p>Further information on claiming asylum in the UK can be found at https://www.gov.uk/claim-asylum.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/04/2019 16:24:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1109585

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their process for considering an application for asylum.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL15054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Asylum decision-makers carefully consider protection needs by assessing all available evidence provided by the claimant in the context of published country information.</p><p>They receive extensive training on considering asylum claims and must follow published Home Office policy guidance. Protection is normally granted where a well-founded fear of persecution or serious harm in their country of origin is established.</p><p>Those who are found not to need protection are refused but have a right of appeal to the independent courts. Once their appeals rights are exhausted they are required to leave the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/04/2019 16:25:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1109586

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what data is collected and recorded from an asylum seekers' application for asylum.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL15055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and records a broad range of personal and case specific information via electronic systems which varies on a case to case basis depending on which route the application takes. <br>For example, we collect information to help establish identity, including biometrics.</p><p>Other non-electronic information may also be collected and stored by teams and this would be extremely difficult to quantify. For example, information about the reasons why the applicant is claiming asylum could be a record of oral testimony, written statements or other documentary they wish to submit in support of their claim.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/04/2019 16:28:47 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1109587

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Religion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 18 February (HL13432), whether they have plans to aggregate the number of people claiming asylum on the grounds of religious persecution.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL15056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The basis of a person’s asylum claim is recorded on their individual Home Office file, but not in a way that can be easily aggregated.</p><p>We do not have any plans to aggregate the number of people claiming asylum on the grounds of religious persecution.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/04/2019 16:26:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1109588

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres: Ministers of Religion
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many chaplains of each faith there are in immigration removal centres.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL15057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The current faith breakdown of full and part time chaplains in the immigration removal estate is 15 Christian (all denominations), 10 Muslim, 5 Hindu, 5 Sikh, 2 Jewish, 2 Jehovah’s Witnesses and 2 Buddhists. Chaplains of other faiths are accessible to detainees across the estate on request.</p><p>Information on detainees’ religious identification, where declared, is held by service providers on their own internal detainee management systems. Current data is available for the following IRCs; Brook House, Tinsley House, Yarl’s Wood and Morton Hall. This data shows that for those detainees who declared their religion, 233 identified as Christian (all denominations), 203 as Muslim, 83 as ‘other religion’, 33 as Buddhist, 29 as Sikh and 18 as Hindu. This is management information which has not been assured to the same standards as official statistics.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL15058 question first answered 09/04/2019 16:29:15 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig

1109589

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 18 February (HL13421), how many detainees of each recorded faith are held in immigration removal centres.
tabling member printed	Lord Touhig
uin	HL15058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The current faith breakdown of full and part time chaplains in the immigration removal estate is 15 Christian (all denominations), 10 Muslim, 5 Hindu, 5 Sikh, 2 Jewish, 2 Jehovah’s Witnesses and 2 Buddhists. Chaplains of other faiths are accessible to detainees across the estate on request.</p><p>Information on detainees’ religious identification, where declared, is held by service providers on their own internal detainee management systems. Current data is available for the following IRCs; Brook House, Tinsley House, Yarl’s Wood and Morton Hall. This data shows that for those detainees who declared their religion, 233 identified as Christian (all denominations), 203 as Muslim, 83 as ‘other religion’, 33 as Buddhist, 29 as Sikh and 18 as Hindu. This is management information which has not been assured to the same standards as official statistics.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL15057 question first answered 09/04/2019 16:29:15 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	542 label Biography information for Lord Touhig